The Minority in Parliament has urged the government to reverse its decision to revoke the appointments of individuals recruited into public service after December 7, 2024.
The caucus expressed concern that the move has left many young people traumatized and uncertain about their future, as some have already had their appointments terminated.
Speaking on the floor of Parliament, Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin called on President Mahama to intervene and safeguard the livelihoods of the affected individuals.
“Recruitment is not an event, it is a process. So, I do not think that he intended that people who have gone through aptitude tests and interviews should be sent home. But is it all over the place that our countrymen and women are being sent home? Where do they find food to eat, how do they feed their families? What is going to be their future?” he questioned.
Meanwhile, the Majority Leader, Mahama Ayariga, rejected the call, attributing the situation to what he described as the reckless recruitment of workers into the public sector by the Akufo-Addo government.
He argued that most of the recruits were party foot soldiers and family members.
“If you engage in such recklessness and you know that you are leaving office and you decide to load the public sector with workers that will make it difficult for the incoming government. What do you expect?
“I made those statements at the transition meetings and I am repeating those statements here; it is reckless for you to know that you are leaving office but you decided to load the public sectors for the incoming government to come and inherit such workers and we will be struggling how to pay them.
“If we go and interrogate this requirement, it will come out that the recruitment was an abuse of discretion. There was no proper advertisement, people sat down, agreed among themselves, brought together foot soldiers and then they went to recruit them,” he stated.
